# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百五十六条の十二 (Article 156-12) - Law: 金融商品取引法 (Financial Instruments and Exchange Act), 昭和二十三年法律第二十五号 - English title "Financial Instruments and Exchange Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第百五十六条の十二 (Article 156-12)（定款又は業務方法書の変更の認可） — address `art-156-12` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-12 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-12 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百五十六条の十二（定款又は業務方法書の変更の認可） — (Authorization to Change the Articles of Incorporation or Business Rules) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-156-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-12 **第一項** 金融商品取引清算機関は、定款又は業務方法書を変更しようとするときは、内閣総理大臣の認可を受けなければならない。 art-156-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-12/par-1 A financial instruments clearing organization must obtain the authorization of the Prime Minister if it seeks to change its articles of incorporation or business rules. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の二十二第一項（内閣府令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-22/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百九十四条の六の二第一項第四号イ（商品市場所管大臣への協議等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-194-6-2/par-1/item-4/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-194-6-2/par-1/item-4/sub-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百九十四条の六の二第一項第五号イ（商品市場所管大臣への協議等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-194-6-2/par-1/item-5/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-194-6-2/par-1/item-5/sub-1 - 金融商品取引法 第二百六条第一項第八号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-206/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-206/par-1/item-8 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 金融商品取引法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000025/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-10-22 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4633/tb), retrieved 2026-10-22 - This site's parser, version 212 — 金融商品取引法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-22